Reply #44: Thankyou. It's more a list of what to worry about than eliminate. [View All]

[jazzjunkysue]

"First, in Section 3, Congress authorizes the establishment of military commissions for alien unlawful enemy combatants, which is the legal term we use to define international terrorists and those who aid and support them, in a new separate chapter of Title 10 of the USC Code, Chapter 47A. While this new chapter is based upon the Uniform Code of Military Justice, it creates an entirely new structure for these trials.
In this mark we provide standards for the admission of evidence, including hearsay evidence and other statements, that are adapted to military exigencies and provide the military judge the necessary discretion to determine if the evidence is reliable and probative."


So, we have prisoners of war, and we have enemy combatants, which receive different levels of protection. Now, we have a third, and a whole new set of rules for them.

I can just hear the defense: "But, your honor, our poor uneducated soldiers can't keep track of all the specific details, and they just couldn't be expected to abide by all these confusing regulation."